---- Claire McCaskill: The Democratic Senator from Missouri and advocate for women's health triumphantly held on to her seat, beating Rep. Todd Akin, who drew ire with his vile "legitimate rape" comments.

-- Elizabeth Warren: The Harvard Law professor ousted Republican incumbent Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race, after slamming him for voting against equal pay for equal work. (She's the state's first female senator.)

-- Tammy Baldwin - The Wisconsin senator-elect (a longtime congresswoman) will be the first openly-gay person in the Senate, promising the upper house will be "more reflective of America."

-- Mazie Hirono - The Japan-born representative is now the Aloha State's first female Senator.

We're also giving props to a major victor in the House of Representatives: Tammy Duckworth, the Iraq War veteran and double amputee who won a bitter battle against Republican Joe Walsh. And New Hampshire is now exclusively repped by women in Congress, after Democrats Ann McLane Kuster and Carol Shea-Porter were voted in, joining Sens. Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen.

Also worth noting: Republican Sen. Deb Fischer was elected Nebraska's first female senator. She is staunchly anti-choice.

Let's hear it for the ladies taking Washington by storm. Cosmo girls—What should they do with their newfound power?